// Copyright 2005, 2006 - Morten Nielsen (www.iter.dk)
//
// This file is part of SharpMap.
// SharpMap is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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// 
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace SharpMap.Geometries
{
	/// <summary>
	/// A MultiCurve is a one-dimensional GeometryCollection whose elements are Curves
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class MultiCurve : GeometryCollection
	{
		/// <summary>
		///  The inherent dimension of this Geometry object, which must be less than or equal to the coordinate dimension.
		/// </summary>
		public override int Dimension
		{
			get { return 1; }
		}
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns true if this MultiCurve is closed (StartPoint=EndPoint for each curve in this MultiCurve)
		/// </summary>
		public abstract bool IsClosed { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// The Length of this MultiCurve which is equal to the sum of the lengths of the element Curves.
		/// </summary>
		public abstract double Length { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the number of geometries in the collection.
		/// </summary>
		public new abstract int NumGeometries { get; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Returns an indexed geometry in the collection
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="N">Geometry index</param>
		/// <returns>Geometry at index N</returns>
		public new abstract Geometry Geometry(int N);
	}
}
